WWII Timeline The War in Europe January 30

WWII Timeline The War in Europe

January 30, 1933 • Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany. • https: //youtu. be/kybj. Ug 4 kw_s? list=PLu 2 xst_e. S 6 dpvd-e 1 XZv_e. V 2 S 0 RBXra 9 b

September 1, 1939 • Germany invades Poland. • Great Britain and France declare war on Germany

June 1940 • Germany conquers France

July-October 1940 • Battle of Britain ▫ Air battles over England ▫ Britain’s victory deterred a land invasion showing the RAF alone could win a major battle (Royal Air Force)

August 1942 • Battle of Stalingrad ▫ Estimated 1. 25 million casualties One of bloodiest battles in history , it was the beginning of the tide turning in favor of the Allies. Stopped German advance into the Soviet Union. https: //youtu. be/g. Hk. ELWFq. GKQ

January 1944 • Battle of Monte Cassino (Italy) • Take back territory seized by Germany by breaking through Rome

June 6, 1944 • D-Day; Operation Overlord • Battle of Normandy – 156, 000 Allied troops line the beaches ▫ Over 4, 000 casualties ▫ The beginning of the end of the war in Europe ▫ https: //youtu. be/4 c. Gu. B-OWR 0 g? list=PLu 2 xst_e. S 6 dqg 8 Ki. T-QWt 0 HKi-ZGDINKJ

September 1944 • Operation Market Garden �Plan to enter Germany through Holland; failed �Largest airborne and glider operation in history �Of the ten thousand men who had landed at Arnhem, fourteen hundred were killed and over six thousand captured; only twenty-four hundred paratroopers safely crossed to the south bank of the Rhine in small rubber boats

December 1944 • Battle of the Bulge ▫ Last German offensive; Americans surrounded but wouldn’t surrender. • Led by George S. Patton • Costliest action fought by US Army – over 100, 000 casualties.

February 1945 • Bombing of Dresden 22, 000 -25, 000 civilians killed • Controversial b/c not important to German wartime production or industrial center; beautiful architecture and museums. • Hope to force an early surrender by bombing German ppl

April 30, 1945 • Hitler commits suicide Marries Eva Braun; they both took cyanide capsule and he shot himself also.

May 8, 1945 • V-E Day • Victory in Europe Day • Nazis surrender and its celebrated throughout Western Europe and US • https: //nc. discoveryeducation. com/learn/player /d 8247 b 2 a-d 421 -4655 -81 a 9 -4 fc 5 e 3 c 9 c 769